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It's not clear to me why I feel the urge to blog when nothing of interest has recently happened in my life, and yet the desire is seemingly absent when there is news to share. Oh ah, on second thought, I think I know why now. I tend to get it all out of my system on Facebook with a million photos haha.
Anyway, for the majority of April I travelled up to Taiwan to visit my sister and my new nephew! He was the cutest baby I've ever interacted with, and had the best features of both parents. While in Taiwan I had a lot of first experiences, in between spending time with little E.T. (his initials) to give my sister a break from first time parenting. We'd never been to Taiwan before so these were new grounds to explore. We ended up on tours that took us to the far reaches of the island (we stayed in Taipei which was in the northern area, but visited the southern most point among other places), familiarised ourselves with their public transport system (their train network was as efficient as HK's and thus also better than ours haha), and visited many fascinating sites. The nature walks and hiking trails were invigorating, the food was (for the most part) divine, and the many, many museums we explored were incredibly interesting. I think I liked the museums the best - I don't normally visit them here at home because I'm just not as attached to the history. It's all fascinating of course, but because my parents migrated here, there aren't any cultural roots, so to speak.
Dot points because it's been a couple of months and my mind is scattered:
Anyway, for the majority of April I travelled up to Taiwan to visit my sister and my new nephew! He was the cutest baby I've ever interacted with, and had the best features of both parents. While in Taiwan I had a lot of first experiences, in between spending time with little E.T. (his initials) to give my sister a break from first time parenting. We'd never been to Taiwan before so these were new grounds to explore. We ended up on tours that took us to the far reaches of the island (we stayed in Taipei which was in the northern area, but visited the southern most point among other places), familiarised ourselves with their public transport system (their train network was as efficient as HK's and thus also better than ours haha), and visited many fascinating sites. The nature walks and hiking trails were invigorating, the food was (for the most part) divine, and the many, many museums we explored were incredibly interesting. I think I liked the museums the best - I don't normally visit them here at home because I'm just not as attached to the history. It's all fascinating of course, but because my parents migrated here, there aren't any cultural roots, so to speak.
Dot points because it's been a couple of months and my mind is scattered:
- It was wonderful to see my sister (and her hubby) again.
- My graphire 4 (and its malfunctioning pen) has been retired to make room for the new INTUOS 4. So shiny! I have no excuse not to produce more completed art now.
- I don't know why mochi is so popular there but I LOVE IT.
- I also love BUBBLE TEA. I was never a fan of the regular milk bubble tea after a bad first experience, but having it on this trip in a restaurant where it was one of their signature staples changed my mind. I may stick to the blended ice flavour I always get though now that I'm back home.
- UNIQLO had fantastic One Piece t-shirts! These images were straight from the manga, and looked more authentic than Baleno's, which were cute but kind of fanart-y.
- My collection of Korean albums grows <3 Miss A, CN Blue and FT Island, oh my! Photos of things I bought to be posted another day~
- The souvenirs from the Miniatures Museum of Taiwan and I were fated to meet. A lot of fun paper craft-y things that are sure to help the pop-up book project.
- My Chinese has hopefully improved while in this environment, though the Taiwanese accent & slang made it a bit difficult.